Cases

Addressing serious problems in the education system in a declining industrial city. Forty official "Community Conversations" were widely imitated in the city, leading to an unknown number of deliberative forums. Made difficult decisions, such as shifting limited resources from teen after-school programs to programs for younger children. Caused public support...

Problems and Purpose It’s long been recognized that poorer and otherwise marginalized constituencies lack access to municipal services, and that their populations have lower electoral turnout rates. In response to this long-standing social issue, the Boston City Hall created “City Hall To Go," an initiative seeks to provide mayoral services...

Faced with difficult decisions of how to develop a balanced budget, Daly City sought to educate and involve residents through a deliberative process designed to identify community values and priorities that would determine funding levels for city programs and services.

Note: the following entry is incomplete. You can help Participedia by adding to it. Problems and Purpose The problem included downward trends in many social indicators, especially for youth. The solution has been to maximize citizens' involvement in several government functions, from policing to schooling to the rewriting of the...

In 2007 the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) organized roundtable discussions and public meetings called “Imagine Philadelphia: Laying the Foundation.” It consisted of comprehensive planning and examination of citywide land issues to inform the work of the Zoning Code Commission and future citywide planning efforts. It was paid for by...